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Paavo Yrjölä

1902 - 1980

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Paavo Ilmari Yrjölä (18 June 1902 in Hämeenkyrö – 11 February 1980 in Vilppula), also known as the Bear of Hämeenkyrö (Hämeenkyrön karhu), was a Finnish track and field athlete who won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He also competed in shot put and high jump at the same Games, and in decathlon in 1924 and 1932, but less successfully. In the 1928 Olympics, he had to rerun the 100 m hurdles as the fourth hurdle was placed incorrectly in the first run. Finland took the top two spots in the decathlon that year with Yrjölä taking the gold (with a world record) and Akilles Järvinen the silver. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paavo Yrjölä is the 490th most popular athlete (up from 1,005th in 2019), the 214th most popular biography from Finland (up from 332nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Paavo Yrjölä ranks 490 out of 6,025. Before him are Gisela Birkemeyer, Veikko Karvonen, Betty Robinson, Veikko Kankkonen, Jean Pickering, and Rafer Johnson. After him are Milan Nenadić, Steinar Amundsen, Adolf Wiklund, Wally Kinnear, Imre Nagy, and Olivér Halassy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Paavo Yrjölä ranks 202. Before him are Max Abegglen, Yakov Smushkevich, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Albert Namatjira, Dulce María Loynaz, and Pierre Brunet. After him are Carlos Spadaro, Saverio Ragno, Herma Szabo, Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi, Learco Guerra, and Bruno Müller. Among people deceased in 1980, Paavo Yrjölä ranks 178. Before him are Sonja Wigert, Harri Larva, Ragnar Gustavsson, André Chéron, Alfred Neubauer, and José de Anchieta Fontana. After him are Vasja Pirc, Gerhard von Schwerin, Lado Gudiashvili, Boris Kaufman, Arend Heyting, and Egon Pearson.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Paavo Yrjölä ranks 214 out of 751. Before him are Erkki Aaltonen (1910), Valtteri Bottas (1989), Aksel Airo (1898), Veikko Kankkonen (1940), Ali Aaltonen (1884), and Kati Outinen (1961). After him are Lauri Lehtinen (1908), Antti Hyvärinen (1932), Ahti Karjalainen (1923), Armas Toivonen (1899), Kalevi Aho (1949), and Arvo Aaltonen (1892).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Paavo Yrjölä ranks 23. Before him are Vilho Tuulos (1895), Hugo Lahtinen (1891), Harri Larva (1906), Toivo Hyytiäinen (1925), Jorma Kinnunen (1941), and Veikko Kankkonen (1940). After him are Lauri Lehtinen (1908), Armas Toivonen (1899), Arvo Askola (1909), Armas Taipale (1890), Paavo Johansson (1895), and Teodor Koskenniemi (1887).

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